Ye Wanhe shook her head calmly and whispered, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. I've been taking contraceptive pills almost every day since the New Year. How could I be pregnant?"

Gu Jingyu reached out and carefully felt Ye Wanhe's pulse again. After thinking for a while, she said, "Yes, she is pregnant."

Ye Wanhe said: "But I just had my period two days ago..."

Gu Jingyu asked, "Is the amount of menstrual fluid very small? Or is it brownish-red in color?"

Ye Wanhe nodded lightly and said, "Yes."

Gu Jingyu said, "Then it's not menstrual blood, it's a sign of miscarriage. The baby in your belly is quite tenacious. You've had your period for the past two days, but you haven't miscarried yet."

Yun Xiangye walked forward and held Ye Wanhe's hand, only to find that her hand was extremely cold.

Yun Xiangye raised her eyes to look at Gu Jingyu and said, "Jingyu, are you sure you didn't take my sister's pulse wrong? When the eldest princess took my sister's pulse earlier, she also said that she had been taking contraceptive pills for many years and that it might be difficult for her to get pregnant in the future. And my sister has never stopped taking contraceptive pills."

Gu Jingyu carefully examined her again and said, "I didn't diagnose her pulse wrongly. She is pregnant, but the fetus is unstable. She needs to take good care of it."

Ye Wanhe looked at Yun Xiangye.

Yun Xiangye lowered her voice and said to Gu Jingyu, "Jingyu, I beg you for a favor..."

After saying that, Yun Xiangye was about to kneel down in front of Gu Jingyu.

Gu Jingyu hurriedly helped Yun Xiangye up and said, "Sister-in-law, just say it. There's no need to kneel down to me."

Yun Xiangye said, "The fact that my sister is pregnant should only be known to the three of us. Please don't tell anyone else."

Gu Jingyu nodded and said, "Of course. If the palace maid is pregnant, it would be a capital crime, desecrating the palace. I will definitely not tell anyone else about this. Don't worry, sister. I will ask the Queen's aunt for Aunt Ye tomorrow, and then I can let Aunt Ye go outside the palace to take care of the baby."

Ye Wanhe whispered, "Princess, I don't need to take care of the baby. Thank you for your kindness. It doesn't matter if I can't keep the baby. He shouldn't have been born in the first place."

Gu Jingyu said, "If you can't save this child through miscarriage, it will be really difficult for you to get pregnant in the future. If you can save this baby and take good care of yourself in the future, you may still be able to get pregnant. If you lose this baby, I'm afraid you won't be able to be my mother again in this life."

Ye Wanhe gave a helpless smile, "That's God's will."

Yun Xiangye looked at Ye Wanhe and said, "Sister, your pregnancy is God's will. This child is so tenacious, you should keep him."

Ye Wanhe shook her head and said, "He won't let me stay."

Yun Xiangye said, "This is your child. If you want to keep him, there are ways to keep him."

Gu Jingyu asked, "Is he the father of the child in your belly? Since he made you pregnant, why wouldn't he let you keep the child? If you lose this child, it will be very difficult for you to get pregnant again in the future."

Yun Xiangye held Ye Wanhe's cold, trembling hand tightly, looked at Gu Jingyu and said, "Jingyu, my sister and I want to talk alone. Please take Nuonuo out to play."

Gu Jingyu picked up Xiao Nuonuo and chuckled, "Okay."

After Gu Jingyu left, Yun Xiangye lowered her voice and spoke in Yongxing dialect, "Sister, Jingyu just said that if you can't keep this child, you'll probably never be able to be my mother again in this life."

Ye Wanhe gently stroked her lower abdomen with her other hand, her throat choking with sobs as she said, "This child cannot survive. The masters in the palace cannot bear to see him survive."

Yun Xiangye said, "Then let him die... and you too."

Ye Wanhe looked at Yun Xiangye.

Yun Xiangye whispered, "Next time you come to the palace, I'll give you the drug that makes you fake your death. If you decide to fake your death, send a message to Gu Yan. The palace servants will then place you on the graves of the palace maids. I'll have your uncle and aunt dig you out, and you can then leave with the baby in your belly..."

Ye Wanhe placed her hand on her lower abdomen and said, "This is too dangerous. If His Highness finds out, it will be tantamount to the crime of deceiving the emperor."

Ye Wanhe closed her eyes tightly and said slowly, "Xiangye, I've accepted my fate. It's alright if I can't keep the child."

Yun Xiangye said, "Sister!"

Tears fell from the corners of Ye Wanhe's eyes as she said, "The royal blood flowing in this child's body means he is destined not to be born."

Ye Wanhe gently stroked her belly and said, "I clearly took contraceptive pills every time, so how come I'm pregnant again?"

Yun Xiangye said, "The contraceptive pills must be wrong. Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to keep the baby alive for this long even if you took them every day for the past month."

Ye Wanhe frowned slightly and said, "The smell of the contraceptive medicine has indeed been a little strange since the New Year."

Yun Xiangye said, "Sister, why don't you be brave and give it a try? After you fake your death, you can be reunited with your uncle and aunt and their family. It's better than being trapped in the palace as a slave."

Ye Wanhe bit her lower lip, clenched her hands and said, "Let me think about it."

Yun Xiangye heard Ye Wanhe's words and knew that she had persuaded her. "Sister, you don't have to worry about it anymore. Regardless of whether the child can be saved or not, only by faking my own death and leaving the palace can I be free."

Ye Wanhe said, "Xiangye, if this matter is discovered, the lives of my parents and the entire family will be implicated. You don't know the Crown Prince's temper. If he finds out I've deceived him, he'll wipe out my entire clan in the blink of an eye."

Ye Wanhe had been with Zhao Yun for many years, and all she had left was fear of him. She had seen Zhao Yun kill people, and had seen Zhao Yun annihilate the entire family of an official who had offended him with just one word.

Zhao Yun is the only child of His Majesty. He has been the crown prince of the Great Sheng Dynasty since birth. He has been at the pinnacle of power since he was young and naturally does not allow anyone to disobey him.

Yun Xiangye grew up in Jiangnan, far away from imperial power, and she didn't know how terrifying imperial power was.

Zhao Yun's words can determine the life or death of the entire Ye family.

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